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Women Inventors/Creators Of History In Honor of the following great women inventors and creators: (*Vera Rubin, Cecilia Payne, Chien Shiung Wu, Nette Stevens, Ida Tacke, Esther Lederberg, Lise Meitner, Henrietta Leavitt, Joyce Bell Burnell, and Rosalind Franklin) Lost in oblivion, tossed into the abyss Sisters of creation missed their mark Stripped from the pages of history Removed, dismissed, buried in the underground, in decay, lost identities These ten, not even remembered as a myth Gone without a kiss of recognition The wave of time waves good-bye to these fine women Denied their recognition and place in time by men Oppressed and overlooked Vast and noble discoveries Contributions to the human condition Created by their genius minds Now covered by the abyss of ignorance Cheated, removed from the book of time Their names should be memorized by children But they reside in the trash bin of history A catastrophe on a monumental scale Advancements claimed by others Who deserves this mistreatment?.... Not men… Smart women in this world remain unclaimed Lost like luggage on the brutal side of life’s airplane Crashed with no survivors And how disturbing to be deprived of such monumental findings Their works turned over to incompetence in vile form Discoveries in the sciences and nature simply blind sided Where is their truth? Where is their justice? Men, culture, ego and shear ignorance, persists, prevails And who permits such atrocities as this but us We wage war against these geniuses In our silence is our shame Removed from the pages from history are their names and fame Blame humanity as we forget these ladies Denied the truth and beauty of their contributions Their names are not remembered We can honor them here and now By not hiding them on shelves Teach the children. Educate them and ourselves There is nothing like discovery There is nothing quite like the truth
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